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aMPRovEn/IENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,607, dated March 4, 1862.

State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Water-Elevating Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line x Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved Water-elevatorof that class in which a valvular bucket is elevated by means of a chain passing over a pulley.

The invention consists in a novel way of adjusting the filled bucket when elevated and operating its valve, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the whole or any portion of the contents of the bucket may be discharged into the trough by simply operating the crank of the pulley-shaft.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a curb or box, which may be of quadrilateral form and placed at the top of the well, as usual, and B is a frame placed on the top of the curb or box A at one end and having a shaft C itted horizontally in it, said shaft having a crank D at one end and a Wheel or pulley E on it at its center. The wheel or pulley E is provided with teeth aat its periphery, and on the wheel a chain F is placed, the' links h of which are of such form and size that the teeth a of the Wheel or pulley may t into them, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The ywheel or pulley E is covered bya cap G, which is fitted on the frame B.

To one end of the chain F there is attached a bucket H, whichfmay be of the usual form,

and a counterpoise I is attached'to the opposite end of the chain. J is an inclined spout or trough, which is iitted in the curb or box A, the inner end of the spout or trough projecting a considerable distance within the curb, as shownin both figures of the drawings.

To the upper end of the bucket H there is attached an upright bar K, said bar extending a tritle above the top of the bucket and having a piece of leather a secured to its upper end or surface. The bottom of the bucket H is provided with a valve L, opening upward, and to the under side of the bottom h of the bucket, directly underneath the valve there is a trough M. N isa lever, which has its fulcrum-rod c attached to the under side of the bottom b of the bucket. This lever N is of curved form, and its upper end bears against the under side of the valve L, the opposite end` of the lever projecting through a slot d in the front part of the bottom of the trough M, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

When the bucketis suspended in the well, the bar K on the bucket is in line with the center of the wheel or pulley E, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: When the bucket is lowered and comes in contact with the surface of the water in the well, the valve L opens and the bucket iills with water. The filled bucket is then elevated by turning the crank D from left to right, the bucket passing the spout J and the upper end of the bar K of the bucket coming in contact with the lower part of the wheel or pulley E. The Y the latter will, by .slightly turning the crank D in a backward or reverse direction, resume its original position, the valve L closing by its own gravity, aided by thegravity of the water should any be in the bucket. Thus it will be seen that all or any portion of the water within the bucket may be discharged from it by simply manipulating the crank D, and in order to carry ont the invention perfectly it will also be seen that a proper relative position must be observed between the wheel or pulley E, spout J, bucket H, and lever N, in order that the bucket may have its lower end swung over the inner end of spout J by the action of the wheel or pulley E on the bucket, and the lever N be brought' in Contact With the inner end of the spout J,

` in order to open the valve L of the bucket.

I do not claim a. valvular well-bucket, Vfor it has been previously used. Neither do I claim operating the valve of the bucket by means of a lever irrespective of the arrangement of the lever and its connection With the other parts herein described. 

